lash out vilify, traduce, asperse, calumniate, impugn, slur, malign; denounce, decry, disparage, discredit, belittle, minimize, run or put down, Inf. knock.
8. flick, flicker, bat, flutter, flap, wag, waggle, whip, switch.
lash2, v. fasten, attach, affix, fix; tie, bind, tether, make fast, hitch, rope, string, belay, strap, lace, leash; secure, join connect,
lass, n. 1. girl, female child, lassie, Inf. filly, maid, maiden, Irish Eng. colleen; miss, mademoiselle, young lady, demoiselle, Archaic, damoiselle, damsel; young unmarried woman, Ger. Fraiilein, virgin; soubrette, nymph, nymphet, Lolita; minx, hoyden, tomboy, romp. 2. girlfriend, sweetheart, darling, lady love, fiancee, betrothed; inamorata, lover, mistress,
lassitude, n. 1. languor, languidness, lethargy, sluggishness, loginess, heaviness, slow-motion, slowness; drowsiness, sleepiness, soporiferousness, oscitance, oscitancy; stagnation, stagnancy, stagnance, inaction, inactivity, inactiveness, inexertion, inertia, inertness; dormancy, passivity, passiveness, supineness, torpor, torpidity, torpidness, stupor, stupefaction.
2. indolence, laziness, idleness, otiosity, otioseness, faineance, faineancy, shiftlessness; procrastination, dilatoriness, slothfulness, sluggardliness, laggardness,
lasso, n. lariat, riata. See - lariat, last', adj. 1. hindmost, rearmost, aftermost, Naut. aftmost, Anat. caudal, behind; posterior, subsequent, after.
2. latest, most recent, proximate; current, up-to-the-minute, up-to-date.
3. final, end, ending, concluding, ultimate, terminal, terminating, eventual.
4. conclusive, definitive, settling, determinative, determinating; deciding, resolving, inarguable.
5. utmost, extreme, ultra; farthest, outside, topping.
6. at last a. finally, Fr. enfin, ultimately, in conclusion; at length, after a while,
b. high time, about time, finito, eureka; amen, Q.E.D.; hurrah, yippee. -adv. 7. after, behind, in the rear, astern, aft, Naut. abaft; hindward, rearward; finally, concludingly, in the end, ultimately.
-n. 8. conclusion, end, ending, finish, termination, completion, upshot, windup; tail end, tag end, tag, rear end, bitter end, fag end; discontinuance, cessation, stopping, quitting; denouement, Sl. curtains, Sl. payoff; rear guard, also-ran.
last2, v. continue, persist, keep on, endure, perdure; subsist, exist, live, outlive, survive; abide, Archaic. bide, stay, remain; maintain, keep, hold good, stand, stand up, wear, wear well, outwear; be permanent, be constant, be steadfast.
last3, n. mold, pattern, form, model, matrix; prototype, original, example; standard, paradigm,
lasting, adj. enduring, standing the test of time, going on and on, long-lived, life-long, long-standing; abiding, continuing, persisting; permanent, perdurable, eternal, Literary, sempiternal, immortal, undying, deathless, imperishable, indestructible, indissoluble, unfading, everlasting, amaranthine, perennial; perpetual, unending, endless, never-ending, ceaseless, unceasing, incessant, unremitting; constant, durable, steady, stable, solid, like the Rock of Gibraltar, fixed, firm, steadfast; immutable, unchangeable, changeless, unalterable, invariable; established, deep-rooted, strong, entrenched; interminable, prolonged, protracted, long-drawn-out, lasting for a year and a day, long, lengthy, day-in-day-out, ongoing; surviving, surviving through thick and thin or for better or worse; extended, boundless, illimitable; dateless, ageless, unaging, evergreen, ever-young, ever-new.
last-ditch, adj. desperate, frantic, frenzied, wild; gasping, straining, struggling, struggling mightily, fighting; do-or-die, SI. all-out, down-to-the-wire, SI. down-and-dirty, dug-in, with one's back against the wall; last, last-chance, final; heroic, epic, stout-hearted, lionhearted; reckless, rash, heedless,
lastly, adv. finally, concludingly, in conclusion; at last, in the end, after all, on the whole, in fine, all things considered; in last place, bringing up the rear, hindmost, rearmost,
latch, n. 1. clasp, hasp, bolt, bar, buckle, lock, padlock, fastening, fastener.